Chief executive officer of Cherry Growers Australia, Simon Boughey, says the industry is working on overcoming export protocols as it plans to export as much as half of the Australian cherry crop to overseas markets. Read more.

In this update: the US unlikely to undertake a mission to rescue Yazidi refugees trapped in Iraq; an eighth Liberal NSW MP stands aside over revelations at a corruption inquiry and Pope Francis is welcomed to South Korea.

Julia Baird talks with Peter Fitzsimons, Sarrah Le Marquand and John Hewson On The Drum tonight: the Treasurer gets accused of being “out of touch” for saying poor people don’t drive, the Australian military completes its first air drop to refugees in Iraq and social media trolls: should we name and shame or simply ignore them?

In this update: The Australian military expected to soon deliver humanitarian supplies to Iraq; the UN warns of potential genocide in northern Iraq and the daughter of former NSW Premier Neville Wran is arrested over the murder of a man in Sydney.

Dairy Australia's group manager of trade and industry strategy, Charlie McElhone, says dairy exporters are watching to see where European Union dairy products, affected by Russian food bans, are redirected to and how that will affect global dairy prices. Read more.